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Five books to put you to sleep

Read about the science behind a good night's sleep in one of our great array of popular science books.

One of our favourites is Saved by the Siesta by neuroscientist Brice Faraut — an expert guide on the art and science of napping that explains how siestas work and how you can overcome the destructive effects of a bad night’s sleep.

The latest book we’re excited about is Generation Sleepless by Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright — an intimate glimpse inside a silent epidemic that is harming teens, and a pathway for parents to help them reclaim the restorative power of sleep.

Generation Sleepless will be in bookstores on 29 March 2022.

Browse below for a list of books that are sure to get you to sleep.

Generation Sleepless

An intimate glimpse inside a silent epidemic that is harming teens, and a pathway for parents to help them reclaim the restorative power of sleep.

If you could protect your child from unnecessary anxiety, depression, and chronic stress, and foster a greater sense of happiness and well-being in their lives, wouldn’t you? In this book, the authors of The Happy Sleeper, the classic book on helping babies and young children develop healthy sleep habits, uncover one of the greatest threats to our teenagers’ physical and mental health: sleep deprivation. Caught in a perfect storm of omnipresent screens,…

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Saved by the Siesta

An expert guide on the art and science of napping.

A daytime nap fulfills all the same functions as a night’s sleep — it’s hormonal, purifying, curative, consolidating, and reinvigorating. It also helps us to combat sleepiness, pain, depression, weak immunity, stress, hypertension, excess weight, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

But to take advantage of all this we need to be aware of the subtleties of the siesta. There are different types of naps, correct body positions, even times of the day that are more conducive to sleeping. There’s also an ideal amount of time to nap — and, perhaps…

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A Life Less Stressed

A holistic guide to the stresses that wear us down and the simple changes we can make to lead happier, healthier, and more resilient lives.

Life has never been more stressful. It is no coincidence that chronic degenerative disorders such as cancer, heart disease, autoimmune illnesses, and mental-health conditions are on the rise. But if we want to tackle them, we need to look beyond their symptoms. That is the message of dentist and health advocate Dr Ron Ehrlich.

He explores why public health messages have been so confusing and often contradictory, including the role of the food and pharmaceutical…

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The Sleep Solution

From the man dubbed the ‘Sleep Whisperer’ comes a brand-new approach to fixing your sleep, once and for all.

Challenging the reader to take control and to stop hiding behind excuses for a bad night’s sleep, neurologist W. Chris Winter explains the basic, often-counterintuitive rules of sleep science. Dr Winter explores many revolutionary findings, including surprising solutions for insomnia and other sleep disturbances, empowering readers to stop taking sleeping pills and enjoy the best sleep of their lives.

Written in a clear and entertaining way, The Sleep Solution contains tips, tricks, exercises,…

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The Happy Sleeper

A research-based guide to helping children do what comes naturally — sleep through the night.

Many parents feel pressured to ‘train’ babies and young children to sleep. Sometimes hours are spent rocking, singing, and coaxing. But kids don’t need to be trained — they’re built to sleep.

Over time, all that cajoling can have the opposite effect to what is desired. Problems can arise when parents (with the best of intentions) overhelp or ‘helicopter parent’ at night, overshadowing their baby’s biological ability to sleep well.

In The Happy Sleeper, child-sleep experts Heather Turgeon and Julie…

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Generation Sleepless

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Saved by the Siesta

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A Life Less Stressed

Ron Ehrlich

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The Sleep Solution

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Insomnia

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